[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 14, Volume 2]

[Revised as of January 1, 2006]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 14CFR61.56]



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                     TITLE 14--AERONAUTICS AND SPACE

 

CHAPTER I--FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

                               (CONTINUED)

 

PART 61_CERTIFICATION: PILOTS, FLIGHT INSTRUCTORS, AND GROUND INSTRUCTORS

--Table of Contents

 

                            Subpart A_General

 

Sec. 61.56  Flight review.



    (a) Except as provided in paragraphs (b) and (f) of this section, a 

flight review consists of a minimum of 1 hour of flight training and 1 

hour of ground training. The review must include:

    (1) A review of the current general operating and flight rules of 

part 91 of this chapter; and

    (2) A review of those maneuvers and procedures that, at the 

discretion of the person giving the review, are necessary for the pilot 

to demonstrate the safe exercise of the privileges of the pilot 

certificate.

    (b) Glider pilots may substitute a minimum of three instructional 

flights in a glider, each of which includes a flight to traffic pattern 

altitude, in lieu of the 1 hour of flight training required in paragraph 

(a) of this section.

    (c) Except as provided in paragraphs (d), (e), and (g) of this 

section, no person may act as pilot in command of an aircraft unless, 

since the beginning of the 24th calendar month before the month in which 

that pilot acts as pilot in command, that person has--

    (1) Accomplished a flight review given in an aircraft for which that 

pilot is rated by an authorized instructor and

    (2) A logbook endorsed from an authorized instructor who gave the 

review certifying that the person has satisfactorily completed the 

review.

    (d) A person who has, within the period specified in paragraph (c) 

of this section, passed a pilot proficiency check conducted by an 

examiner, an approved pilot check airman, or a U.S. Armed Force, for a 

pilot certificate, rating, or operating privilege need not accomplish 

the flight review required by this section.

    (e) A person who has, within the period specified in paragraph (c) 

of this section, satisfactorily accomplished one or more phases of an 

FAA-sponsored pilot proficiency award program need not accomplish the 

flight review required by this section.

    (f) A person who holds a current flight instructor certificate who 

has, within the period specified in paragraph (c) of this section, 

satisfactorily completed a renewal of a flight instructor certificate 

under the provisions in Sec. 61.197 need not accomplish the 1 hour of 

ground training specified in paragraph (a) of this section.

    (g) A student pilot need not accomplish the flight review required 

by this section provided the student pilot is undergoing training for a 

certificate and has a current solo flight endorsement as required under 

Sec. 61.87 of this part.

    (h) The requirements of this section may be accomplished in 

combination with the requirements of Sec. 61.57 and



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other applicable recent experience requirements at the discretion of the 

authorized instructor conducting the flight review.

    (i) A flight simulator or flight training device may be used to meet 

the flight review requirements of this section subject to the following 

conditions:

    (1) The flight simulator or flight training device must be used in 

accordance with an approved course conducted by a training center 

certificated under part 142 of this chapter.

    (2) Unless the flight review is undertaken in a flight simulator 

that is approved for landings, the applicant must meet the takeoff and 

landing requirements of Sec. 61.57(a) or Sec. 61.57(b) of this part.

    (3) The flight simulator or flight training device used must 

represent an aircraft or set of aircraft for which the pilot is rated.



[Doc. No. 25910, 62 FR 16298, Apr. 4, 1997; Amdt. 61-103, 62 FR 40898, 

July 30, 1997; Amdt. 61-104, 63 FR 20287, Apr. 23, 1998]